Stock feeder



Dec. C. BRANTS STOCK FEEDER Filed 13 1925- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 21; x v I I J 7 t1 NETEFD, ES L A-FE T f CHARLES BRANTS, OFJYORKTOVTN; ILLINOLIS.

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magnesium] Application fil ed l lufgilst -13, 1 92-5. Serial n5. 50,061.

, Thi invention relates to stock fee-demand ,throughtlre term te feeder shows in Figure more particularly to a stock feedercapable 7 in'use for feedinghalf grown stock;

of use for feeding either young, half grown Figure"? is a similar View with the feeder or old fowls o'rlan'imals and having means inuse forjjtull'grown stock; 60 for rendering inoperative to feed either Figure is a section oirthe line 10-10 olass of stock whenit is in use fortheother of Figure 8; l

class, I v Figerei-ll i's'a A further 'obj'e'ct'ef the invention is 'f'the lower; V .r provision of a device of this character in, -"Figure 12. ise erspective iew of it lretoip .65

10 whih eh'anges may be veryreatil'ilyefi'eeted support mployed when "eitherftybe'ogtfeeder and which maybe produced at a very ldw i'sjusec'l withfullgr'o'vvn stock. 7 V 5 t, V f ,Reffer ring'how rn'ore partioularlyto the A fu ther and more sp'eeific obj ofthe' in? drawings, the a stool; feeder'i llristrate'd st:-

fventionisto produoe avhepp errli vi nyg formed ti cularlyfadafife'd 'for feeding fowlsafidhas 70 in the walls thereof openiii-gs throughwhieh a bottorn 10,- end walls 11 and side walls-l2. young-stoek m y. feed and other otpemngs The/end walls llhaire guides 13fo'r the jie- 1T 1l1 1-g 1 1 Cl1-half g own stool; any feed ception-ofslides 14L lnountedon a removable and single elementfor 'assoiatio'n with top'o'r oov'e'r 15; As will hereinafter become the walls and 'in terchangeirbflyQ mounted obvious, it is necessary that this cover be 75 i Q thereonfor closing; either the p nings Very'readily removable both to facilitate {fill- A f rther object of the inve tions to ingot the feederrand tofacilitate changing r the side walls areotsuchheightithat young more fully de'seribed,

"stock;

' proyid sa viceof thifs character} wherein of the control elements; hereinafter to be or l'ialf'grown chick sjcannotleedthereeVerI Th'e'sidewalls a ch hav togetherrw ith a eover whiehfinay b'eg so positherein arranged at difie'rentheights, the

' tioned tha-tthe feedis inot j'aceessible ov er lower orsrnaller openings being employed;

thesefsidewalls or that it isaoc'essible so, when the young stock is being fed and the that by closing both groupsiotofie'nin gs'jin upper oryl rger openings beingefnployed Lamas e" openings "formed 0 v the side alls and; shifting, thefoover totlie when half grown stockis being fed. These #85 lastgna ned position, fully-grownsto c k' alone openings, heeause'ot their arrangementfwill' ma belied i e i I Tprefvent'mixed feeding'ofthe two 'gradeso't I Thefinyent'on,further resides ini'the destool: due to the fact that thehalf grfown" tails 'ofconst tuotion and in'the ooinbin'ation stockwi'll be unable to feed through the res shown in the accompanying vdrawings, sto'ck While the young stock ,willbe' unable whgl ei n V e a i V. to rea'chthe feed through'the up'per larger Figure-141 is a "vertical" sectional. View openings through which the large stock may through a feeder coirstrueted in' accordance be fed These openings maybe formed with 'myinvention; If i any suitablei'nanner; InFigures 1, 2 and 8, 9 W jFigure is a transverse seotional ,view the openings are shown as formed by punchtherethrough, the feeder-being shown asap ing the same through the metallic Walls of ranged forfeeding halflgrown stook; S thecoiitainer, the lower openings 16 being -Figure 3 is a similar View showing the ve y smalland offa size just sufficient to feeder. arranged for feedingfull grown "permitentrance of the heads-of young chicks W 7 I ,1 =7 while the upperseriesfof openings l7 are ar- Figure 4 is "a sectio'n on the line otranged'fabove-the height accessible to young- "-Fiure3" 1 1 r e %igure 5 is a perspective of the slide used vto adrnit the, headsv of lar ge stookj In the when the feeder is to be employed tor full form shown in Figures 7 8 and 9, the walls, grownstock; wareKsiIn-ply longitudinally slotted, as at 18 Figure 6is a similar perspective of the and'19to providethese openings. I slide employed 'Whenthe'feeder is usedtor With each of the forms above described,

andarrangement of the -various arts, as striated openings, provided; for [the-young an fer chicksandare madeeonsiderably larger 7 '7 either young-or half grown stock; lpr'ovide a closure slide 20 of a length equal 'f 1 Figure" 7 is a ertical sectional view ,tO-the distance between the endwalls 11 and Q I I through a modified formof-thefeeder; I ofa heightslightly-greater than the distance FigureiS is a transverse sectional View between the loweredge' of the lower'openings 16 or 18 and the upper edge of the side walls 12. In each case, the upper end of the slides 20'is reverted in spac-ed'relation from movement.

In each instance, some means are provided for preventing movement of the lower edge of the slide. Where the openings 16,

17 are provided the lower end of the slide is slit'at spaced intervals, asindicated at 22, in Figures 5 and 6, to provide tongues 23. Thesetongues are then offset for the-thickness of the metal so that they may extend through the opening 16' when 'the slide is arranged upon the inner surface of the wall 12 and prevent inward'movement of the lowerend of the slide. V The'tongues 23 will, of course, be spaced to correspond to the spacing of the openings and will preferably be three in number, one arranged at the center of the slide andthe two remaining arranged adjacent the ends of the slide. l/Vhen the openings 18, 19 are employed, a device of the character just described may obviously'be employed, but I prefer that the slide in this instance be held at its lower end against movement by means of angle iron guides 24 secured to the end walls 11 in sulih ciently spaced relation to the sides 12 to a d- 7 'mit the slide 205- lVith this structure, the

, slide is, of course, reinforced throughout its height.

f In" order that either set of openings may berindividually closed, 11 provide supplemental slides 25 for coaction'with the openin'g's 16, 17 These slides preferably con- 1 vsist of a strip of metal 26, tie lower edge of which is provided with offset tongues'27 similar in construction to thetongues 23,

hereinb'efor'e described in connection with the slide 20. These tongues will coact with either openings 16 or 17, certain of these openin 's aligning for zengagement hyl the tongue; lVith this construction the sup- I plemental slide 25 simply flatly ELlOUtSllle inner face of the sidewall 12 and is held in position solely by thetongues 27. While a supplemental slide of this character may quite obviously be employed for c'losingthe o eninns 18 and 1S) 1 ,refer the construction illustrated inFigures 7, 8 and 9 wherein the supplemental slide consists of a strip "of. metal 28 of a length slightly greater in widththan the distancefrom the top of the "side wall to the lower edge of the-larger opening 19, the strip having at" its upper edge a hook29 for overhanging either. the upper edge of the side trailer the lower edge of the opening 19. n1 inserting this strip in the opening 19, it is inserted from the outside through the opening and then slid downwardly until. it closes the opening: 18

and rests upon the lower edge'of the opengrown stock.

Vious that therinterior construction of the feeder may be arranged to suit thedesires of V the builder or user. For example, a movable hatten 30 may bef'arranged upon the feed to prevent scattering'it. V

in order that f ll grown stock mayfhe fed, 1 provide means for so'elevating the cover, 15 that the space h'etween thexsides of the cover and the upper edges'of the side walls is suflicient to admit the heads of full I This means comprises a spacing block 31 adapted to seat-upon the upper ends of the side walls 11=and between theupper ends of the sidewalls andthe end walls 82 of the top 15. These spacing blocks have attached thereto a thin metal slide 33'Which may be engaged in the guides 13 simultaneously with the slides 14 of the cover,-as

more particularly shownin the detail sec 1" tional view of Figure 4. At this time it will, of course, be understood that the feeder V feeder is, ofcoursejclo sed to all types of I stock. V 7 Other changes being possible in the 0011 struction hereinhefore set forth without de-' parting from the spirit of the invention, I do not limit myself to such specific'struo ture except as herein ft r claimed. 7 e v Iclaim:'-

1. In combina-tionwith hopper having vertically spaced openings of diife'rentsizes formed in the wallsth'ereof,"a slide engageable with and adapted to be supported from the wall of the hopper for closing either of said openings, said slide being engaged" against one face of the wall ofthe hopper and having at its lower edge an offset tongue adapted to extend through the, opening and engage the opposite side of the wall thereof.

2. A hopper having side and end walls, "a I top having end wallsn'ormally engaging the. upper ends of theiendwall of the hopper,

closely adjacent the upper ends of the side walls of the hopper, means insertible between the end wallsof the hopper and cover saidtop, when in normal position, extending i for maintaining the cover in spaced relation,

to the side walls of the hopperto thereby afford access thereto and means for maintaining the cover in proper covering relation to the hopper in either of said positionscomprising slides carried by the cover and eX- I gageable With and adapted to he supported V tending into guides carried by the end alls from the Wallofthe hopper for closing-said of the hopper, the first named means comopenings, said slide beingengaged against prising spacing blocks, said spacing blocks one face ofone Wall of the hopper and hav- 0 eachhaving 2'1 slide engageable in the guides ing at its lower edge an offset tongue adaptof the end Walls simultaneously With the ed to XtBILCl through the opening and'en- 7-. slides of the cover. 7 i gage the oppositeside of the Wall thereof.

3. In combination with a I hopper hav IntestimonyWhereof I hereunto afiix my ing Vertically spaced openings of different signature. 7 sizes'formed in the Walls thereof, a slide 'en- 1 "CHARLES BRANTS. 

